Who doesn't love a good mystery? Following World War II in the 1940s, an onslaught of crime movies came out of Hollywood as moody stories were on the minds of filmmakers and audiences, popularizing ...

film noir had a renaissance in the 1990s, and the angsty decade produced everything from gritty crime classics to ...

The past few Academy Awards have made huge strides in genre representation, honoring films that wouldn't have had a chance of ever appearing even ten years ago. Films like The Substance, Get Out, and ...

Film noir represents the illusive charm of black and white cinema and of its stars that graced the silver screen in its glory years in the 40s and 50s. Film Noir meaning “black film” in french coined ...

Film & Fashion Historian Kimberly Truhler is taking us back with her new coffee table book! Film Noir Style showcases the gorgeous looks from the femme fatales of the iconic era, including Betty ...

The noir and Western genres have crossed over before to create amazing movies, like No Country for Old Men, High Plains ...

Experts say the genre was all about suspense, and what better way to convey that to audiences than an obsession with time? By David Belcher The race against the clock — to solve a crime, to outwit a ...

Classic film noir is a key part of the history of Hollywood, and it is one of the most notable postwar genres. However, the noir sensibility would prove to be even more enduring, and from the 1970s to ...

As a classic genre in cinema history, film noir showcases the shadowy side of human society better than almost any other. Set in the 1930s amidst Southern California’s historic water wars, Chinatown ...

Dillon Vore is an aspiring screenwriter and has long held a passion for movies of all genres. He holds a BA in Film and Media Studies from Yale University. Noir is one of many genres wherein it’s ...